4. In the Virgo
chapter (and earlier) I have pointed at a probable
connection between Kuukuu and
number 156:
... And then we have seen
evidence for the entrance to a new year
with Mercury in first position:
|
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
52 |
Uure |
Venus |
156 |
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
104 |
Makoi |
Saturn |
208 |
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
The year will then be
divided in 2 parts, 208 + 156 = 364
days. The assymmetry suggests there
should be an 8th planet beyond Mars, but
for some reason this one is missing.
Therefore Kuukuu becomes the last
'person' in the year of Sun.
The turtle broke the
spine of Kuukuu, therefore
the year cannot grow any longer. 13
* 12 = 156 and in order to reach 13
* 14 = 182 there should be another
26 days. The double character of
Mercury implies one 'leg' (26 days)
in spring and the other in autumn:
|
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
26 |
Uure |
Venus |
130 |
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
78 |
Makoi |
Saturn |
182 |
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
182 |
The 'foundation' for number 156
is 26 (156 = 6 * 26). There were
7 explorers, but with Kuukuu
gone they were only 6.
Manuscript E has
10 lines on p. 26 before the
text is cut off:
|
i te rua te
kauatu matoru
raa o te ana
|
On the
twenty-third day
of the month of
July ('Anakena'),
they reached
Rangi Meamea.
When they
arrived there,
they looked
around and gave
the name 'Rangi
Meamea A Hau
Maka'.
They also named
the mountain 'Peke
Tau O Hiti [A]
Hau Maka'.
They went around
to the other
side of the
mountain
Hau Epa,
looked around,
and gave the
name 'Hau Epa
A Hau Maka'. |
p. 26 |
|
kena i oho
mai ai ki rangi
meamea.he |
|
tuu he ui he
tikea he nape i
te ingoa.ko ra |
|
ngi meamea.a
hau maka.he nape
tokoa |
|
i te ingoa o
te maunga ko
peke tau o hiti |
|
a hau maka.he
vari mai ki te
rua painga |
|
o maunga hau epa.he
tikea.he nape i
te |
|
ingoa ko
maunga hau epa.
a Hau maka. |
|
he vari
hokoou mai ki te
rua painga o |
|
maunga hau
epa. |
|
Lower third cut
off. |
But also
the preceding p. 25 is
similarly cut off:
|
i hoa
era i te
ika ki
uta he
ki a
Ira.ka
too mai |
After
they had
thrown
the fish
on the
beach,
Ira
said,
'Make a
fire and
prepare
the
fish!'
When he
saw that
there
was no
fire,
Ira
said,
'One of
you go
and
bring
the fire
from
Hanga Te
Pau!'
One of
the
young
men went
to the
fire,
took the
fire and
provisions
(from
the
boat),
turned
around,
and went
back to
Hanga
Hoonu.
When he
arrived
there,
he sat
down.
They
prepared
the fish
in the
fire on
the flat
rocks,
cooked
them,
and ate
until
they
were
completely
satisfied.
Then
they
gave the
name
'The
rock,
where
(the
fish)
were
prepared
in the
fire
with
makoi
(fruit
of
Thespesia
populnea?)
belongs
to
Ira'
(Te
Papa
Tunu
Makoi A
Ira).
They
remained
in
Hanga
Hoonu
for five
days. |
p. 25 |
|
te
ahi ki
puhi ki
tunu te
ika.he
ui ka
kore he
a |
|
hi he
ki a
(i)ra.ka
oho
etahi ki
te ahi
ka too |
|
mai.mai
hanga te
pau.he
oho mai
etahi
kope |
|
ki te
ahi he
too atu
koia ko
kai he
hoki he
oho |
|
he
tuu ki
hanga
hoonu he
tuu he
noho he
tunu i
te |
|
ika.i
runga i
te papa
he ootu
he kakai
ka ma |
|
konakona
ro.he
nape i
te
ingoa.ko
te papa
tu |
|
nu
makoi
a Ira.he
noho
erima
raa i
hanga ho |
|
onu. |
|
Lower
third
cut off. |
In the
evening (ahiahi)
there no longer is any
'fire' (ahi) in
the sky - the double
form means negation:
|
Ahi
Fire;
he-tutu i te
ahi to
light a
fire.
Ahiahi =
evening;
ahiahi-ata,
the last
moments of
light before
nightfall.
Vanaga.
1. Candle,
stove, fire
(vahi);
ahi
hakapura,
match;
ahi
hakagaiei,
firebrand
waved as a
night
signal. P
Mgv.: ahi,
fire, flame.
Mq.: ahi,
fire, match,
percussion
cap. Ta.:
ahi,
fire,
percussion
cap, wick,
stove. 2. To
be night;
agatahi ahi
atu, day
before
yesterday.
3. Pau.:
ahi,
sandalwood.
Ta.: ahi,
id. Mq.:
auahi, a
variety of
breadfruit.
Sa.: asi,
sandalwood.
Ha.:
ili-ahi,
id.
Ahiahi,
afternoon,
night;
kai ahiahi,
supper. P
Pau., Mgv.,
Mq., Ta.:
ahiahi,
afternoon,
evening.
Ahipipi
(ahi
1 - pipi
2) a spark,
to flash.
Churchill. |
When
Bright Fire (λ
Cancri) was
seen in the sky
Kuukuu seems to
have been
eliminated by the
Turtle:
|
Hanga Hoonu |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-24 |
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 (*120) |
Ga2-27 |
Ga2-28 |
| |
|
χ Carinae (119.9) |
Naos (121.3) |
Heap of Fuel (122.1) |
|
'July 17 |
'18 |
'19 (200) |
'July 20 |
8h (121.7) |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-29 (*123) |
Ga3-1 |
|
Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf (124.3) |
|
'22/7 |
'23 (204) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-2 |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 (*128) |
|
Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
θ Cancri (128.2) |
|
'24 |
'25 |
'26 |
'27 (208) |
The lambda
letter (Λ) -
like a walking man with no torso -
means (remember the Egyptian cloth
hieroglyph) there is no light from above. We
have to count again, because Ga3-5 (at θ
Cancri)
seems to belong at the end of the previous
season:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-9 |
Ga3-16 |
Ga3-19 |
Ga3-21 |
Ga3-24 |
|
5 |
5 (10) |
5 (15) |
5 (20) |
5 (25) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga4-4 |
Ga4-6 |
Ga4-8 |
Ga4-10 |
Ga4-13 |
|
5 (30) |
5 (35) |
5 (40) |
6 (46) |
6 (52) |
|
all feathers |
no 'black' ones |
only 'red' ones |
|
52 |
52 |
40 |
|
28 |
24 |
0 |
|
70 |
50 |
50 |
|
150 |
126 |
90 |
The total number of
double feathers beyond Kuukuu
could be 150
(or half 10 * 30 = 300 days).
P. 27 in Manuscript E begins when all
(7) had reached the
white beach (Moon) destined for the King:
|
i ka onga
mai nei ko te one ku tea ku
ri |
When he
(i.e., Ira) saw that
the
beach was white and clean,
he said, 'Hey, you! Here is
the place where the king can
live!'
The stayed
there and surveyed the plain
with great care. Ira
knew with certainty that it
was very good.
He named
the bay 'Hanga Moria One'
and the plain 'Oromanga'.
They all sat
down and rested, when
suddenly they saw that a
turtle had reached the shore
and had crawled up on the
beach.
He looked at
it and said, 'Hey, you! The
turtle has come on land!' He
said, 'Let's go! Let's go
back to the shore.' They all
went to pick up the turtle.
Ira
was the first one to try to
lift the turtle - but
she
didn't move.
Then
Raparenga said, 'You do
not have the necessary
ability. Get out of my way
so that I can have a try!'
Raparenga
stepped up and tried to lift
the turtle - but
Raparenga could not move
her. |
p.
27 |
|
torito
ana. he ki he ro korua e.i
ana |
|
nei te
maara.mo noho mo te ariki he
no |
|
ho.he ata
rarama i te maara.he
angiangi |
|
rivariva e
Ira.he nape i te ingoa o te
hanga |
|
ko hanga
moria one a Hau maka.he nape |
|
i te ingoa
o te maara ko oromoanga.he
noho |
|
he
hakaora.anake.i ka ui atu
ena ko te |
|
honu ku
tomo ana ki uta ki runga ki
te |
|
one.he
tikea he ki he ro korua e.ko
te |
|
honu ku
hoa ana ki uta he ki amua ta |
|
tou ki oho
ki huri mai ki uta he oho a |
|
nake he
tuu he ketu mai i te honu.he
oho |
|
te kope
rae.ko Ira.he ketu mai i te
ho |
|
nu.kai
ngaei mai.he ki atu a
raparenga |
|
ina ai o
(koe) kei ka maeha koe ki
oho a |
|
tu au.he
oho a Raparenga.(h)e ketu |
|
mai i te
honu kai ngaei te honu i a
Raparenga. |
The Turtle could not be
lifted by anyone but Kuukuu, and
then only up to a point, beyond which
she struck his spine, forcing him to
leave, to go down into a cave.
The high summer sky (in
the north) was finished with July 27.
Maybe then followed 8 * 5 = 40 days of
mourning inactivity, ending around the beginning
of the 11th hour when 6 feathers appear
again (perhaps in the form of 6 heaps of
stones alluding to the Pleiades,
Tau-ono, which rose 100 days
earlier, in the middle of May):
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